Precarious Hope – Migration and the Limits of Belonging in Turkey Parla Hardback

Precarious HopeMigration and the Limits of Belonging in Turkey\nAuthor(s): Ayse Parla\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford University Press\nISBN-13: 9781503608108, 978-1503608108\nSynopsis\nThere are more than 700,000 Bulgaristanl? migrants residing in Turkey. Immigrants from Bulgaria who are ethnically Turkish, they assume certain privileges because of these ethnic ties, yet access to citizenship remains dependent on the whims of those in power. Through vivid accounts of encounters with the police and state bureaucracy, of nostalgic memories of home and aspirations for a more secure life in Turkey, Precarious Hope explores the tensions between ethnic privilege and economic vulnerability and rethinks the limits of migrant belonging among those for whom it is intimated and promisedbut never guaranteed. \n\n In contrast to the typical focus on despair, Ay?e Parla studies the hopefulness of migrants. Turkish immigration policies have.